PYTHON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Large Old World boas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("python" is a kind of...):

boa (any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "python"):

carpet snake; Morelia spilotes variegatus; Python variegatus (Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back)

Python reticulatus; reticulated python (of southeast Asia and East Indies; the largest snake in the world)

Indian python; Python molurus (very large python of southeast Asia)

Python sebae; rock python; rock snake (very large python of tropical and southern Africa)

amethystine python (a python having the color of amethyst)

Holonyms ("python" is a member of...):

Pythoninae; subfamily Pythoninae (Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae)

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mythical creature; mythical monster (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Meaning:

A soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("python" is a kind of...):

disembodied spirit; spirit (any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings)